title: From SA to UK: a profile of South African qualified dentists registered with the General Dental Council.
abstract: During the past five years, the media were inundated with reports of professional people leaving the country. A number of the emigrants were dentists who went to the United Kingdom to practise their profession. The purpose of this study was to gather data on South African qualified dentists registered with the General Dental Council (GDC) in the United Kingdom and to provide baseline information on this group of health professionals. The results of the study showed a steady increase in the number of South African qualified dentists registered with the GDC in the period 1990 to 1995. Attrition of South African qualified dentists is, however, not entirely due to emigration to the United Kingdom.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry University of Pretoria.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Holtshousen
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: van Wyk
mesh_terms: D003815:Dentists / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006077:Government Agencies; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013019:South Africa; D006113:United Kingdom